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Re:A Twitter Off Ramp: A Tutorial for Getting on Mastodon by Operative0198 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @01:14PM (#33672914)
> What does Twitter do so we’ll that we can’t imagine doing without it?

It is assumed to be the best place to hang out on the internet. This assumption holds so much water that a multi billionaire paid $44B for it.

There's also a lot to be said about shaming public officials/organizations (courtesy of the trending feature) into action.

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Re:A Twitter Off Ramp: A Tutorial for Getting on Mastodon by geraldyo on Saturday November 19, 2022 @02:52PM (#33673932)
The fact Elon paid 44b for it doesn't say anything about Twitter's actual value.
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Re:A Twitter Off Ramp: A Tutorial for Getting on Mastodon by Operative0198 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @03:22PM (#33674245)
Neither does your reply about Twitter's market value.
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